Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.900-3.300 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.120. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.1 billion-$5.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.4 billion. Sealed Air also updated its FY25 guidance to $2.90 to $3.30 EPS.

Sealed Air Stock Up 7.3 %

Shares of SEE traded up $2.33 on Tuesday, reaching $34.46. The stock had a trading volume of 918,450 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,168,011. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.62, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 1.29. Sealed Air has a 12-month low of $30.87 and a 12-month high of $41.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.69 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $34.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $34.90.

Sealed Air (NYSE:SEE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.36 billion. Sealed Air had a return on equity of 74.21% and a net margin of 7.34%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.88 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts predict that Sealed Air will post 3.05 EPS for the current year.

Sealed Air Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. Sealed Air’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.41%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on SEE shares. Bank of America lowered their target price on shares of Sealed Air from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Sealed Air from $39.00 to $38.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Mizuho dropped their target price on Sealed Air from $45.00 to $42.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. StockNews.com raised shares of Sealed Air from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their target price on Sealed Air from $41.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $40.00.

About Sealed Air

Sealed Air Corporation provides packaging solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates through two segments, Food and Protective. The Food segment offers integrated packaging materials and automation equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, reduce food waste, automate processes, and optimize total cost for food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, seafood, plant-based, fluids and liquids and cheese markets under the CRYOVAC, CRYOVAC Grip & Tear, CRYOVAC Darfresh, LIQUIBOX, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands.